Škoda’s Pay to Park Service Wins Car Connectivity Award for Price/Performance Ratio

Škoda’s Pay to Park Service Wins Car Connectivity Award for Price/Performance Ratio

(IN BRIEF) Škoda’s Pay to Park service, developed by Škoda X, the brand’s center for digital services, has been honored with a Car Connectivity Award in the ‘price/performance stars’ category. In a reader poll organized by the German trade magazine ‘auto motor und sport’ and its offshoot MO/OVE, nearly one in four participants voted for Škoda’s Pay to Park service. This app allows users to manage their parking needs via the MyŠkoda mobile app or the in-car infotainment system. The service provides real-time information on available on-street parking zones and spaces across Europe, allowing users to search, select, pay for parking, and even extend parking duration remotely. Currently available in several European countries, the service is compatible with various Škoda models and is expanding to more regions.

(PRESS RELEASE) MLADÁ BOLESLAV, 21-Sep-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Škoda’s Pay to Park service, developed by its centre for digital services Škoda X, has clinched a coveted Car Connectivity Award. In this year’s reader poll organised by the German trade magazine ‘auto motor und sport’ and its offshoot MO/OVE, almost one in four participants voted for the Pay to Park service over its competitors in the ‘price/performance stars’ category. The app enables users to manage the entire parking process, either via the MyŠkoda app on their mobile or through the in-car infotainment system.

For the tenth consecutive year, ‘auto motor und sport’ and MO/OVE invited their readers and online audience to participate in the annual poll on the best connected car services. In total, over 12,000 respondents cast their votes across eleven categories. In the price/performance stars category, 22.4% of participants rated Škoda’s Pay to Park service the highest for having the best price/performance ratio of all the connectivity options available.

The Pay to Park service displays available on-street parking zones and spaces throughout Europe. With the MyŠkoda smartphone app or the vehicle’s infotainment system, Škoda drivers can search for parking spots, select and pay for them, and even extend their parking duration, all remotely.

The service is free of charge and compatible with the Fabia, Kamiq, Scala, Octavia, Karoq, Superb, and Kodiaq models; the Enyaq family will soon be joining this list. Vehicles equipped with the current Amundsen or Columbus infotainment systems simply require a one-time registration with Škoda Connect and Remote Access to be activated. 43,500 users are now registered for Pay to Park, with around 40% using the in-car app on their vehicle’s infotainment system.

The service is currently available in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, and Sweden and being rolled out in France, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, and Hungary. The number of listed parking spaces is continuously increasing.

Media Contact:

Vítězslav Kodym
Head of Product Communications
+420 604 292131
vitezslav.kodym@skoda-auto.cz

Martin Ježek
Spokesperson for Digital Topics
+420 730 865 258
martin.jezek4@skoda-auto.cz

SOURCE: Škoda Auto